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#21 ·
At this time in my life, as a 26 year old female...I do not want kids. Don't know if that will change if I ever get married or anything...

I do find it interesting that if you were to hand me a baby, I would feel kind of uncomfortable and awkward and would rather just give it back to the parent.

Give me a puppy though? You will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands. I will hold it, and rock it and comfort it lol. Wonder why that is...
 
#22 ·
I've already chosen.

Dogs.

Don't like children. They're loud, obnoxious, messy. They don't give me warm fuzzy feelings. Don't get me wrong, the laughter of a baby is absolutely infectious....but it is not worth it to me to deal with all the other crap.

Animals FTW
 
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#24 ·
cookieface said:
I'm not especially fond of children, so dogs (or cats).

I do wonder if it's becoming more socially acceptable to be childless by choice. When we were younger, my husband and I got many odd looks (and I'm sure behind-our-back comments) for saying we didn't want kids. At this point, we're too old and set in our ways for people to still ask.
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No, you're just past the age where it would make a difference. (No offense.) As I approach "too old", the unasked for comments and advice are getting worse, and ruder.
 
#25 ·
We're planning to add a child to the mix relatively soon, so both. BUT, if dogs lived as long as people... I would consider the possibility of just dogs!
 
#26 ·
No kids here and I'm in my early 40's. MrB has had a ton of health issues over the past 10 years (getting a career ending injury in the Coast Guard, multiple back surgeries - 2 spinal fusions and 1 revision surgery because of hardware failure, severe chronic pain, being labeled a disabled veteran by the VA, etc.) So, kids just never had been on the radar much because of life circumstances. I'm not upset we don't have them. Looking back over the past several years...it would have been very tough to have children and dealing with being a care giver for MrB. He's finally getting his pain issues under control with the help of a pain clinic and he's finally getting his life back. He's only in his early 40's too. 10 out of the 14 years we've been married he's been suffering with severe chronic back pain...so I don't regret the choice not to have kids. I don't see myself having kids at this age either and I'm okay with that.
 
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#27 ·
I have never wanted kids, so will not have them.

I agree that they are two completely separate decisions. I just happen to love dogs and not kids :)
 
#29 ·
Xeph said:
I've already chosen.

Dogs.

Don't like children. They're loud, obnoxious, messy. They don't give me warm fuzzy feelings. Don't get me wrong, the laughter of a baby is absolutely infectious....but it is not worth it to me to deal with all the other crap.

Animals FTW
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Is it weird that this is similar to how I feel about puppies vs adult dogs?
 
#30 ·
IME, most people who say "I'm choosing dogs over kids" really just mean that they don't want kids at all, and they like having dogs. Not that they actually think you can only choose one or the other, or that they wanted kids, but decided they wanted dogs more. Lots of people still think it's strange to not want kids, so saying that you are going to have dogs instead is kind of an easy way to deflect the question.
 
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#33 ·
I don't like children. I do like dogs.

I think my choice is self evident.

Although I agree that the two things are not mutually exclusive, you can have as many dogs and kids as you want.
 
#34 ·
packetsmom said:
I have both, so here's my take on it.

They are two completely different, separate things. I can't even say I love the kids more than the dog or the dog more than the kids...the relationship with each is just so different that it's hard to compare them. I went dogless for a period of time when my kids were babies, but I still wanted a dog. I just knew it was more than I could handle at that point. I'm sure I'll have dogs after my kids grow up and leave me. When I didn't want kids (which was until my late 20's), it wasn't because I thought I could only have kids or dogs and was choosing dogs...it was that I didn't want kids. When I decided to have kids, it meant putting off having another dog, but it never meant I stopped wanting a dog.

To me, it's not an either-or proposition and it's also impossible to compare how I feel about either. I love them both in very different ways, especially as my kids grow older. They become more and more independent and my relationship with them begins to have less and less in common with my relationship with my dog. I can see how it was a little more similar when they were very young, but now? They help train and care for our dog rather than being another being that is solely dependent on me.
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Well I couldn't of said it better

I love dogs and will always have one until I can no longer care for them, but they are not my children and are not a substitute for children.
I'll have issues having kids when we decide to try, I have less than 10% of 1 ovary, and issues carrying. I swear my body is more effective than the pill! but we have talked about adoption.

Will I have kids? who knows? But dogs are not the replacement.
 
#35 ·
I don't want kids. I DO want dogs.

No kids might mean more dogs because of more time/money to devote to them. But on the chance I decide to have a child, I will still have dogs.
 
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#36 ·
I say both with children topping over dogs. We were all children once and some of us in this world aren't bad people; I would say the majority of us (for now) aren't bad people. There is nothing like the joy a parent gets from their child when their child does something cute, good or accomplishes something. When I was in my 20's I didn't want any children but my wife did but once we settled into a house (I was around 30) I wanting children and it was the greatest thing for us, I'm glad we didn't skip it. Little children give their parents unconditional love just like dogs do except they grow up and start developing their own independent thinking. If you spend enough time and the correct amount of love, attention and talk time with them they grow up and hopefully become good people. So far my two boys, ages 22 and 18 are basically good people - not "perfect angels" but have a good foundation to start life on their own. And yes they can be a P.I.T.A. but so can other people and dogs as well.
 
#37 · (Edited)
I don't want children even if I had no dogs.
So yes I strongly prefer dogs and cats over children.
I also like watch,taking photos of,drawing and watching dogs on tv,something I wouldn't do or want to do with children I don't know personally.
Dogs and cats are also not babies or children to me,I don't use terms like Furbaby.
I don't actually hate children I just don't want to be a parent especially not a single mom. Nor would I want to work with them daily.
I`m also not a fan of human babies,I dislike random crying and screeching and they are not exactly potty trained yet. They are also not very interactive until they become a year old at least.
 
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#38 ·
Amaryllis said:
No, you're just past the age where it would make a difference. (No offense.) As I approach "too old", the unasked for comments and advice are getting worse, and ruder.
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Oh, I know we're too old for comments, but I don't hear many younger people talking about feeling pressured into having kids by their family and friends. Maybe I just don't talk to as many young people as I used to.

Kirsten&Gypsy said:
I don't want kids. I DO want dogs.

No kids might mean more dogs because of more time/money to devote to them. But on the chance I decide to have a child, I will still have dogs.
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I keep telling my husband that the dog training fees are cheaper than college :)
 
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